Welcome to online practice. If your native language is Tagalog, the table below lists pronunciation issues you are likely to face when speaking American English. You will have your own individual variation, but the sounds listed here encompass the majority of patterns Tagalog speakers usually bring to speaking English. You can use your individual assessment and training plan to determine the priority targets for you. Subscribe to the full site for audio and video recordings to practice these and other sounds and patterns to improve your American English pronunciation. (Don't have an assessment? You can purchase one in the store or consider 1:1 accent training.)
| sound p t k b d g f v th (as in “think”) th (as in “those”) s-blends (sp, st, sk etc.) z sh ch j ng r consonant clusters /i/ "vowel ee" as in eat /ɪ/ “vowel ɪ” as in “it” /æ/ “vowel a” as in “at” /a/ “vowel ah” as in “hot” /ʊ/ “vowel U” as in wood /ʌ, ə/ “vowel schwa” as in but | error pattern can sound like b at the start of words can sound like d at the start of words can be left off the ends of words can be left off the ends of words can sound like “p” or “v” at the ends of words can sound like “t” at the ends of words, or be left off the ends of words can sound like “k” at the ends of words can sound like p at the start or ends of words can sound like b at the start of words, can sound like f or b at the ends of words can sound like t at the start of words can sound like t or s at the ends of words can sound like d at the start of words can sound like d or voiceless th at the ends of words can have an extra "eh" sound before the s can sound like s at the start or ends of words can sound like s at the start or ends of words can sound like ts at the ends of words can sound like ch or dz at the ends of words sounds like n at the ends of words can be rolled at the start of words and in blends can have sounds left off or have the same errors listed above can sound like vowel ɪ can sound like vowel ee can sound like vowel ah can sound like vowel schwa or vowel o can sound like vowel oo can be pronounced like the written letter rather than the American “uh” sound | Example pig sounds like big to sounds like do light sounds like lie like sounds like lie robe sounds like rope or rove code sounds like coat, or we’d sounds like we pig sounds like pick fine sounds like pine off sounds like op very sounds like berry leave sounds like leaf or leeb thing sounds like ting with sounds like wit or wiss those sounds like dose breathe sounds like breed or breeth school sounds like esschool zip sounds like sip buzz sounds like bus ship sounds like sip wish sounds like wiss each sounds like eats ridge sounds like rich or rids thing sounds like thin lived sounds like live, want sounds like wan, words sounds like word sleep sounds like slip it sounds like eat cat sounds like cot not sounds like nut or note look sounds like Luke banana sounds like “bah-nah-nah” rather than “buh-nah-nuh” |
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